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"Live from NPR news in Washington, I'm Louise Giovanni. Russian forces today are launching new strikes on Ukrainian cities at the same time Kremlin orchestrated voting continues in occupied regions of Ukraine to pave the way for their annexation by Moscow, The White House says it is prepared to further sanction Russia if that happens, and PR's Windsor Johnston has more. Russia is holding what many western nations, including the United States, have denounced as sham referendums that are in flagrant violation of international law. The White House says the U.S. and its allies will never recognize land that Russia annexes from Ukraine. The referendums come just days after the Kremlin called up 300,000 reservists to bolster Russian forces in Ukraine, and Pierre's Windsor Johnston, more than half a million customers in Atlanta, Canada are affected by outages caused by post tropical cyclone Fiona the same weather system that slammed the Caribbean and left at least 8 people dead, more than a million people in Puerto Rico are still without power. Iranian state media report that across Iran for more than a week, 35 people have been killed in protests, sparked by the death of a 22 year old woman in police custody for allegedly wearing her hijab to loosely. According to some reports, a town on Iran's western border has been partially taken over by protesters, BBC Persian GR goal has details. There's a 40,000 that last night the people were taking over the city pretty much they have in controlling the city since morning. I saw the footage this morning
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"A norovirus outbreak, the stomach bug sickened hundreds of rafters and hikers and prompted the CDC to take a look at it. That's coming up in about 15 minutes. Support for WAB E comes from copper sky design remodel, a local firm specializing in renovations and restorations for in town Atlanta, with a particular affinity for older homes including craftsmen, Victorian and mid century modern, more at copper sky dot net. I'm Louise Giovanni with these headlines, forecasters at the Canadian hurricane center, predict post tropical cyclone Fiona will be historically large and potentially very destructive. More than half a million households and businesses in the eastern Canada are without power. Russian forces today are launching new strikes on Ukrainian cities, Russian president Putin's mobilization of an additional 300,000 Russians to the war in Ukraine has triggered an exodus of many Russian men. World Bank president David malpass is facing calls for his resignation this week after fumbling a question about the impacts of greenhouse gas emissions on climate change. He says he does not plan to step down. I'm Louise schiavone
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"Was an amazing evening. They talked about prince Michael Jackson and Maggie Rogers time in divinity school. Most of all, they touched on a question that is a lifelong music fan. I'm always curious about the role that music plays in a life and why it's so important. The music is not a job. It's a way of being. Like, it's a part of you. To me, at least. Yeah, I'm glad you know that it's funny because I had to learn that at 50. You know. Maggie Rogers also performed and will share this event with you today. That's all coming up on The New Yorker radio hour right after the news. Live from NPR news in Washington, I'm Louise Giovanni, Russian officials in Ukraine, staged polling places across several occupied territories Friday. They want to annex large swathes of Ukraine into the Russian Federation. From Kyiv, the NPR's Julian haidar reports Russia could use that vote, which is illegal under international law to soon claim for southern and eastern Ukrainian regions. Ukrainian intelligence says that children as young as 13 are being taken to polling places in the Donetsk region in hopes of becoming Russian subjects. Meanwhile, pro Russian channels on telegram show that mobile polling places on buses have visited the Zappa region nuclear power plant, Ukrainian workers at the plant who have been under Russian military control since March are shown filing into the buses with ballots. Ukraine's energy utility says they're polling suggests nearly 9 in ten people in the area don't want to join Russia. Ukraine's deputy prime minister Illinois stuck has reminded Ukrainians that anybody who freely decides to vote in the referendum could face criminal penalties. And pure news, Kyiv. In Halifax Nova Scotia mayor Mike savage advised
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"On climate one. Live from NPR news in Washington, I'm Louise Giovanni, a judge in Michigan has issued an injunction to keep abortion legal in that state for now. The preliminary injunction follows a state Court of Appeals ruling this month and two days of witness testimony. Michigan public radio's Rick pluta has the latest. The injunction blocks the enforcement by 13 county prosecutors of Michigan's 1931 law banning most abortions. Judge Jacob Cunningham says the law appears to violate rights to due process, and he said governor Gretchen Whitmer is likely to prevail in her claim that abortion rights are protected under the state constitution, Cunningham also noted an abortion rights proposal could appear on the November ballot. This court finds it is overwhelmingly in the public's interest to let the people of the great state of Michigan decide this matter at the ballot box. The question will appear on the ballot once a state board certifies the campaign has collected enough signatures. For NPR news, I'm Rick pluta. Russian president Vladimir Putin says Moscow will now allow the International Atomic Energy Agency access to a nuclear energy plant held by Russian forces in Ukraine. As NPR's Charles Maine's reports fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces near the facility has raised concerns of a possible nuclear disaster. Putin made the assurances in a phone call with French president Emmanuel Macron during which the French leader expressed concern over the security of Ukraine's nuclear power plant, Europe's largest in a Kremlin readout of the call Putin blamed Ukraine for shelling Russian forces holed up at the plan, saying Kyiv was risking a large scale catastrophe, but Putin said he would allow inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency access to the facility even as Russia is rejected proposals to withdraw its forces and demilitarize the area. Ukraine says it is Russia endangering the plant's safety by using it for cover as its forces shall nearby cities. Charles main's NPR news, Moscow. An independent autopsy released yesterday shows a 23 year old black man from San Bernardino, California, was shot 7 times in the back, while running away from police. Jonathan Lyndon from member station KBC reports Robert Adams funeral will be held today. The autopsy report comes one month after Adams was killed by San Bernardino police. The shooting occurred after two officers in an unmarked vehicle responded to a complaint of an armed man in the area
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"Gun violence. Tomorrow at one. Amplifying Atlanta, this is 90.1. Live from NPR news in Washington, I'm Louise Giovanni, attorney general Merrick Garland is seeking the release of the warrant that led to a search of former president Trump's resort in Florida at a news conference Garland noted that it was Trump not the Justice Department who made the Monday search public, Garland says the public deserves to understand the specific terms of the search and he's asking a judge to unseal the warrant and the property receipt that resulted from that search. As Russia continues its assault on his nation president zelensky is proposing a resolution to the tensions surrounding Ukraine's operation nuclear power plant, and PR's Julian hada has more. Zelensky joined a meeting of northern European defense ministers via video link, imploring them to do more to stop what he calls, quote Russia's nuclear blackmail against the entire continent. None of us can stop the wind from carrying nuclear fallout, but we are all capable of joining together to stop a state sponsor of terrorism, he says. Zelensky asked the attendees to levy sanctions against Russia's nuclear industry, pressure, neutral countries to take sides against Russia and supply more powerful weapons to Ukraine. Russia for its part claims Ukraine threatens the plant and asked for international regulators to monitor the situation on Russia's terms. Gasoline prices are still higher than they were a year ago, but they've now fallen from the summers earlier record highs. Julia coronado of macro policy perspective says that's a good start with falling gas prices and potentially some relief on food prices in the pipeline, consumers will have a little bit more money to spend on other goods and services and that's good for the broader economy. The national average price at the pump for unleaded today was three 99. Wall Street the Dow held on to positive territory today closing up 27 points. This is NPR news in Washington. From WAB news in Atlanta, good afternoon. I'm Jim burris. It's four 32. 200 residents at a South Dakota county apartment complex have just 20 days to find new places to live. This, after their leases were unexpectedly terminated. The county is stepping in, but residents wonder if the help will be enough and if it will come in time. To my events reports. Residents of the forest at Columbia apartments in Decatur had gained the attention of county officials as they face eviction. They formed a tenant association to stop forced evictions and get help to find new places to live. Sidney Clark and her mother have lived at the public housing complex for about ten years now. People can not live dignified lives without safe and affordable housing. The tenants say their landlord meridian management told them they have until August 31st to leave the complex for renovations. The cab county commissioner Larry Johnson represents district three, where the complex is located. He tells residents last week that the county is going to step in. I gotta get the tenants of help. I go to get you some help so you won't be outside. Josh says there's some money for rental assistance. Residents still wonder how they will afford to move
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"A much quieter afternoon weather wise than it was yesterday. Hazy sunshine right now, 78° in Manhattan, looking for a few peaks of sun yet this afternoon, your full forecast is also on the way after news headlines. This is WNYC FM HD and a.m. New York. From NPR and WBE Chicago. This is wait, wait, don't tell me the NPR news quiz. I'm Bill Curtis. And I'm Tom papa and for Peter sagal. Sure, there's a lot of bad news in the world, but there's good news too. This week, for instance, we learned we are but meaningless specks of dust in an infinite universe, so the bad news doesn't even matter. We'll ask about NASA's latest effort to put us in our place. Plus, pitchfork's editor in chief puja Patel tells us where we rate on our ten point scale and Bill reacts to the news, Peter won't be hosting this week. Personally, I went and had an ugly cry. We'll tell you who really got all emotional coming up after this hour's news. Line from NPR news in Washington, I'm Louise Giovanni. President Biden is back in Washington after his first visit to the Middle East as president and the coming week The White House will be pressing for action on a significantly trimmed economic package addressing only pharmaceutical and health insurance costs and federal deficit reduction. The administration's climate initiatives have been stalled by Democrat Joe Manchin, who has said no to Democratic Party climate and energy provisions, from the coal producing state of West Virginia, Manchin founded a family coal business and he's had the political support of the traditional energy sector. Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont is charging that mansion is intentionally sabotaging climate legislation. This is a guy who is a major recipient of fossil fuel money, a guy who has received campaign contributions from 25 Republican billionaires. Sanders spoke on ABC's this week. The United Arab Emirates arrested and sentenced an American citizen and the former lawyer for Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed by Saudi agents in 2018, and PR's fought montanas has more. Awesome GeForce was transiting through Dubai international airport when he was arrested and detained for alleged tax evasion and suspicious money transfers to the UAE, according to emirati state media. He was sentenced to three years in prison a hefty fine and deportation from the Emirates. The U.S. State Department said it was watching the case closely and had raised it with senior emirati officials as well as provided consular support to GeForce. During his meetings with Arab leaders in Saudi Arabia, President Biden invited the president of the UAE Muhammad bin Zayed to Washington by the end of the year, rights groups are now urging Biden to cancel his invitation until ga four is released. Fatma tennis NPR news, Jeddah. Russia is ratcheting up its military operations along a vast front with Ukraine. Ukrainian officials say artillery shelling and missile strikes have already intensified NPR's Brian Mann reports. After gaining small amounts of territory in the eastern Donbass region, Russia paused to regroup and resupply, but attacks have now resumed with heavy shelling and rocket fire and cruise missiles regularly striking cities far from the front lines. Yuri sack is a spokesman for Ukraine's defense ministry. They are striking civilian civilian residential areas. They are killing children. They are destroying schools, kindergartens, theaters, hospitals. And that's why our army is prepared. In his latest broadcast, president volodymyr zelensky urged Ukrainians not to be intimidated by what he describes as Russian terrorism, zelensky also warned people to respect the air raid sirens and take shelter when they sound. Brian Mann and PR news Kyiv. Millions of Americans are facing excessive heat warnings or advisories from California to the lower Mississippi. This is NPR. And for WNYC news, I'm Tiffany Hansen in New York. Three mass vaccination sites for monkeypox are open today. At the aviation high school in Queens at bushwick education campus in north Brooklyn and The Bronx high school of science. As of Friday, 461 people in New York tested positive for monkeypox. The city received over 14,500 doses of the vaccine this week, a person is fully protected from the virus after taking two shots of the drug. According to a spokesperson, all available vaccine appointments for today are filled, the city's health website says that more appointments will become available
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"Chang. And I'm Ari Shapiro former Trump adviser Steve Bannon changes course and says he will cooperate with the House committee investigating January 6th. What Trump and what Bannon would like better than anything is to go in and testify to public hearing and cause all sorts of Iraqis. Also, President Biden arrives in Saudi Arabia, we hear from a family member of slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi about what she wants to see from the royals who approve the operation that killed him, especially if I can save any journalist life Jamal will be happy. And a happy ending for a cat that got lost in Boston's Logan airport. First, these news headlines Live from NPR news in Washington, I'm Louise Giovanni. The democratic controlled House voted today to restore abortion rights nationwide and effort to undo the Supreme Court's reversal of roe V wade protections, but as NPR's barbarous front reports currently the bill has almost no future. The bills aim to protect the right to an abortion and guarantee the right to travel across state lines for abortion services. Democrats are limited in what they can accomplish legislatively because they fall short of the 60 votes needed to advance most legislation in the Senate ahead of the vote, House speaker Nancy Pelosi stressed the importance of electing Democrats in November's midterm elections. With two more democratic senators, we will be able to eliminate the filibuster when it comes to a woman's right to choose and to make reproductive freedom the law of the land. The overturning of roe V wade has led to abortion bans in multiple states with more expected to come. Barbara sprint and pure news, Washington. Senate democratic leaders have gone back to the drawing board after failing to persuade Joe Manchin of West Virginia to say yes to a sweeping economic and climate package. Manchin, a Democrat opposes climate energy and tax provisions in the plan. The president says he's prepared to take executive action on climate if Congress fails to move. The medical examiner in summit county, Ohio, says a black motorist who was shot to death by police last month had at least 46 bullet entrance wounds on his body. Jalen walker died after an attempted traffic stop and foot chase by 8 officers from Akron, Ohio, doctor Lisa Kohler is the summit county medical examiner. 15 gunshot wounds enter injured the torso and caused internal injury to his heart, lungs, liver, spleen, left kidney, intestines, and multiple ribs. Police say they were fired on from walker's car, but he was not armed when he was on foot, his killing June 27th prompted two weeks of protests and Akron. Retail spending is up again according to new commerce department data sales at stores and restaurants jumped 1% last month compared to May and PR's Helena reports. A key driver is still gas stations. In June spending their grew almost 4% compared to May, and 49% compared to last year, gas prices have been fueled for the current inflation, which last month was the highest in four decades. Similarly, people spent more on groceries on furniture on shopping online and going out to restaurants and bars. Department stores, however, saw a decline as shoppers spent a little less on clothes, they're also spending less on health and personal care. People bought more electronics and appliances last month than they did in May, but nowhere near last year's levels, Alina Seljuk NPR news, Washington, on Wall Street, the Dow rose 655 points, this is NPR news in Washington. From WAB news in Atlanta, I'm Jim burris or time now four O four. And Georgia House speaker David ralston is the latest major figure to appear before a Fulton county special grand jury looking into interference in the 2020 election. Fox 5 reports ralston testified for several hours yesterday. Ralston has previously spoken about how then president Trump contacted him in the days after the election and asked about calling a special legislative session to possibly overturn election results. No special session was ever called, governor Brian Kemp is scheduled to do recorded testimony for the grand jury later this month. Today is a key deadline in the battle over Georgia's 2019 restrictive abortion law currently that law is being held up in federal court. Both sides are expected to file briefs today with the Atlanta based 11th circuit U.S. Court of Appeals. The state of Georgia and those fighting the 2019 law are being asked to explain what the recent overturning of roe V wade by the U.S. Supreme Court should mean for Georgia, the 2019 law would effectively ban abortions after about 6 weeks instead of the current 20 weeks. While some employees could soon be allowed to carry firearms in Cobb county schools. The school board last night approved a policy that would let certain personnel carry guns in schools. Now that would not include teachers, the move was met with protests from some in the audience. We are ready to vote on agenda item number 7. Do I have a motion? Now employees would have to be authorized by the district to carry a weapon and would be required to complete firearms training. Meanwhile, the board also voted to keep the district's property tax rate the same, but with rising home values, the district will receive about $65 million more than expected from local taxes. And Martha Dalton joins us at four 44 with more on last night's vote about the firearms that's later on all things considered. Amplifying Atlanta, this is 90.1 W ABE. Support for NPR comes from NPR stations. Other contributors include workday, committed to helping organizations adapt to change, using real-time data to uncover insights, stay decision ready and prepare for whatever's next. 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"Live from a PR news in Washington, I'm Louise Giovanni, the January 6th committee resumes public hearings tomorrow, the panel slated to hear testimony from two top Republican election officials in Georgia. Stephen Fowler of Georgia public broadcasting reports, the panel is expected to focus on then president Donald Trump's attempts to pressure officials in key battleground states to help him overturn the 2020 election results. The officials are Brad raffensperger, who's the secretary of the state and has top deputy Gabriel Sterling. They'll talk about one of former president Trump's brazen efforts to overturn the 2020 election that he lost. Now, raffensperger famously rebuffed Trump's pressure to quote find enough votes to reverse his narrow defeat, and Sterling was a frequent figure on televised news conferences debunking false claims of fraud and fellow Republicans attacks on election workers. Stephen Fowler of Georgia public broadcasting, more than two months after employees at an Amazon warehouse on Staten Island voted to organize the company has yet to recognize the union and PR's Andrea Shu reports. In a hearing that could last weeks, if not months, Amazon is making the case that the regional office of the national labor relations board that oversaw the election favored the union and facilitated its win. The company also charges that the union acted inappropriately, threatening and harassing employees who didn't support the union drive. The Amazon labor union calls the objections baseless. Amazon has said it will be calling dozens and dozens of witnesses and presenting hundreds of tweets as part of its evidence. The hearing is being conducted over Zoom adding complications. The opening days saw a lot of haggling over procedures, a ruling on the case could still be months away. Andrea Shu and PR news. Wall Street was closed for the Juneteenth holiday globally European benchmarks were hired today most Asian markets retreated. This is NPR news. Parts of India and Bangladesh have been crippled by some of the heaviest rainfall in decades. So shmita patak reports catastrophic flooding and mudslides have killed dozens of people and displaced millions. In India's northeastern state of Assam, two policemen were swept away by floodwaters while carrying out rescue. In asam alone, 71 people have been killed in grain related incidents since early April. But officials say floodwaters there have started receding, and the focus now is on providing food and other essentials to millions of people who are stranded. In neighboring Bangladesh though the downpour is expected to continue over the next couple of days. Heavy monsoon rains from June to September caused destruction to life and crops every year in South Asia. Bangladesh, which is a low lying country with many rivers, is especially vulnerable. For NPR news, I'm sushmita partook in Hyderabad, India. While acknowledging ongoing global uncertainties, the president of the St. Louis Federal Reserve bank, James bullard says an aggressive type money policy could produce what he called a stellar U.S. economy and a presentation for delivery in Spain. He pointed to similar crossroads in 1994 when racing the price of money through higher interest rates did cause some disruptions, but then turned around to inflationary pressures. Bullard votes on the rate setting federal open market committee on Louise Giovanni NPR news. On the next city light artists jamel writes senior explains
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"Live from NPR news in Washington I'm Louise Giovanni a senior U.S. defense official says Russia has moved thousands of additional forces into Ukraine in recent days with fighting forces concentrated in the east and south of that country although today in Ukraine a missile strike hit the western city of lviv NPR's Ada Peralta has more Lviv is in western Ukraine not far from the border with Poland And throughout this conflict it has been seen as a safe haven It had received very few air strikes and the city felt in a lot of ways like totally normal Restaurants were open people were strolling through the parks and the squares It is home to a lot of Ukrainians who had fled from more dangerous parts of the country But today local authorities say that several Russian missiles struck the city they say that civilians were killed and that one of those missiles hit a tire repair shop And PRs ate a Peralta reporting The war in Ukraine is pushing global food prices higher NPR's nareit eisenman reports United Nations food and agricultural organization tracks a food price index between February and March it's spiked by 12% to an all time high a group say the impact on people who are already struggling to afford food has been severe In Afghanistan a month ago 55% of people were in crisis levels of food insecurity Now that's gone up to 65% of people In some West African countries including Nigeria Burkina Faso Niger Chad and Mali 27 million people are currently going hungry 8 organization officials predict that by June 11 million more people there will be They're calling on wealthy countries to immediately step up assistance Narita eisenman NPR news Wall Street the Dow turned down in late day trading closing off 39 points at 34,411 the NASDAQ closed down 18 points This is NPR news in Washington From W ABE news in Atlanta I'm a meal moff at its four 32 The city of Atlanta is on the verge of buying the former site of the chattahoochee brick company the factory turned out bricks that help build modern Atlanta but it did with forced labor with people working under horrible conditions as Molly Samuel reports city council is scheduled to vote to buy the land today Local activists have been fighting for years to protect this property along the banks of the chattahoochee river instead of allowing.
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"Our own Scott Simon brings us the story of a ten way kidney transplant from Houston's methodist hospital When I asked him he was like mom I don't do this no one will So you knew that it's needed a kidney and had to do whatever it took to make it happen Also baseball is back We'll talk about that in more sports with Howard Bryant First our newscast it's Saturday march 12th 2022 Live from NPR news in Washington I'm Louise Giovanni The UK defense ministry reports fighting his raging northwest of the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv estimating that Russian ground forces stand 16 miles away from the center of the city Ukraine's deputy prime minister is calling for the opening of humanitarian corridors Tensions are continuing to rise on the Ukraine Belarus border although the Russian military has launched attacks on Ukraine from within Belarus the Belarusian military itself has not been a major party to the war Now Ukrainian officials accused Russia of staging a false flag attack on its own ally to draw them into the conflict and PR's Tim Mack has more According to Ukrainian officials two fighter jets took off from Belarus right afternoon and entered Ukrainian airspace They then doubled back and struck a town on the Belarusian side with three strikes Here's the mayor of revna a northwestern city in Ukraine describing the attack Directly on border Between Ukraine and.
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"And what it means for Atlanta Tomorrow at one on WAB Live from NPR news in Washington I'm Louise Giovanni a heavily equipped column of Russian military vehicles and tanks continues its advance on the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv rocket strikes on harkey the second largest city in Ukraine have left dozens dead and wounded asami terajima are reporter at Ukrainian publication the Kyiv independent tells NPR what life is like there Ukraine has been under Russia has already launched war against Ukraine It doesn't 14 so people have been stressed for all these years more than 13,000 Koreans have died in the bus vision So it's difficult time for everyone but people are doing the best to stay calm and doing their best to for example like they are packed They're ready to go If something does happen so far more than 670,000 refugees have fled Ukraine President Biden addresses Congress and the nation today Russia's attack on Ukraine will take center stage in his speech the nation's pandemic outline and the president's domestic agenda will also get prominent mentioned as will help for military veterans sickened by toxic exposures and PR's quill Lawrence reports Burn pits some the size of football fields were used on U.S. bases in Iraq and Afghanistan to incinerate everything from uniforms to toxic waste Hundreds of thousands of veterans have reported being exposed and many are sick with rare cancers President Biden has suggested in the past that his own son Beau Biden's brain cancer may have been caused by burn pits Now The White House says a list of rare cancers will be added to the VA's service connected illnesses Advocates say it's a step in the right direction but they're pushing Congress or The White House for a faster more comprehensive expansion of that list before many more veterans die from diseases they believe are linked to their service Quill Lawrence NPR news Wall Street the Dow lost 597 points the NASDAQ off two 18 this is NPR From WAB news in Atlanta good afternoon I'm Jim Berg as her time now 5 32 Well it is official now former Georgia governor Republican Sonny perdue is the new Chancellor of the state's public university system The board of regents approved produced nomination today The vote comes two weeks after Purdue was named the sole finalist for the job he officially begins on April 1st Georgians can now see how much of the pollution that causes climate change is coming from their county As WAB is Emily Jones reports a new tool comes as international scientists say action on climate change is more urgent than ever A new online tracker tallies up greenhouse gas emissions from transportation industry agriculture homes and businesses as well as how much carbon trees absorb Georgia Tech professor William Drummond is the project's lead researcher By looking at the map you can see the distribution of high emission levels and low emission levels across the state For instance chatham county home to the.
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"The push and what it means for Atlanta Tomorrow at one on WAB Live from NPR news in Washington I'm Louise Giovanni Russian rockets today rained down on civilian neighborhoods and har kiv a second day in a row leaving dozens in Ukraine's second largest city dead and wounded The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court says he intends to open an investigation into possible war crimes Terry Schultz tells us the news is welcome in Ukraine This will be the Nuremberg trials of the 21st century says the Ukrainian foreign ministry referring to the military tribunals bringing Nazis to justice after World War II ICC chief prosecutor caring Khan says his preliminary examination of the situation leads him to believe quote alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity have been committed in Ukraine He says he'll be looking at the situation dating back to 2013 when crimes were alleged linked to violent suppression of pro European protests in Kyiv Although neither Ukraine nor Russia is a member of the ICC Khan explains that Ukraine has accepted the court's jurisdiction which allows him to proceed with a full investigation once he gets approval from ICC judges or a referral from a country that is a member For NPR news I'm Terry Schultz A high level American delegation is visiting Taiwan as the world watches rising tensions between the self governing territory and China and PR's Emily fenn has more from Beijing The fact that the U.S. is visiting Taiwan at the state means that this visit is being designed to show the U.S. values its relationship with Taiwan in the face of potential U.S. Chinese aggression And this is all coming at a time where Chinese aggression is a particularly touchy subject given that many commentators here in China have been trying to compare Taiwan's China's claim to Taiwan with the Russian invasion of Ukraine Among the delegation former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff Mike Mullen and former Obama defense undersecretary Michelle floor not Wall Street the Dow closed down 597 points This is NPR news in Washington From WAB E News in Atlanta good afternoon I'm Jim burris or time now for 32 A federal judge has ruled Georgia's newly redistricted maps will hold for the 2022 elections The civil rights group sued over the state House Congressional maps saying that they dilute the power of black voters Sam greenglass reports Judge Steve Jones wrote that the plaintiff satisfied many conditions for demonstrating a Voting Rights Act violation But with Georgia's primary in May he said it wouldn't be in the public interest to change the calendar or the maps The judge cited a recent similar ruling about Alabama's maps where the U.S. Supreme Court ruled election day with too close to change them This Georgia decision applies only to 2022 litigation continues over whether these maps should hold for the rest of the decade Voting rights groups say people of color fueled Georgia's population growth but that's not reflected in the new maps Republican Secretary of State Brad raffensperger called the ruling a clear victory for common sense Sam greenglass WAB news And Sam will join us for much more on this development and about ten minutes here on all things considered Georgia Stewart's attention senator has the largest number of immigrants detained in the country so far this year Emily wood Pearson takes a look at the recent numbers Out of all the states Texas holds the most immigrants in detention centers but Stewart detention center in lumpkin is a detention center with a single highest number of detained immigrants That's according to a new report from the transactional access records clearinghouse a nonpartisan nonprofit organization that monitors immigration trends Nationally immigration and customs enforcement held nearly 20,000 people in detention as of this month Stewart detention center has an average daily population of more than 1100 people The number of immigrants held in attention centers has decreased since the beginning of the year while people in the ice alternatives to detention program continues to increase Emily.
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"We speak to the former U.S. ambassador to Poland about President Biden agreed to meet with Russian president Vladimir Putin 6 girls have sued a high school in India after they were told to take off their hijabs and a conversation with a biographer of Queen Elizabeth II about her COVID diagnosis It's Monday February 21st president's day The news is next Live from NPR news in Washington I'm Louise Giovanni President Biden at Russian president Putin have agreed in principle to a meeting about Ukraine as long as Russia does not invade Ukraine Efforts to broker the meeting have been led by French president Emmanuel Macron over several hours of phone calls NPR's Frank length that reports from Kyiv that the result of Russian backed separatist military pressures currently simmering in eastern Ukraine are of concern as the drama continues to unfold Russia has said it does not plan to invade even though it has enormous number of forces along the Ukrainian border And most Ukrainians don't think Russia will invade either that he would be catastrophic not only for Ukraine but also for president Putin and Russia And instead they see this kind of pressure and what's happening in the east and all of these troops as a way to continue to damage the country and pressure to align with Russia instead of the west which the west is really where most people here see their nation's future NPR's Frank Langford and Kyiv Closing arguments begin today in the federal hate crimes trial of three white men convicted of murdering ahmaud Arbery NPR's Debbie Elliott reports the 25 year old black man was jogging through a coastal Georgia neighborhood two years ago When the man chased him down and killed him Father and son Greg and Travis mcmichael and William roddy Bryan are charged with attempted kidnapping and violating Arbery's civil rights There is no dispute that the defendants chased Arbery with pickups and Travis mcmichael shot him to death The issue is motive Federal prosecutors say the defendants targeted Arbery because he was black and offered testimony that the men held racist and meaning views of African Americans defense lawyers have denounced their clients racist views but will argue that they went after Arbery not because of his race but because they'd seen him in surveillance video at a house under construction Debbie Elliott NPR news Canada's parliament is scheduled to vote today on whether to ratify the Trudeau government's controversial decision to invoke that nation's emergencies act Dan Carpenter has more Prime minister Justin Trudeau's minority government isn't likely to be defeated in the vote since the new Democratic Party has said it will support the use of the emergencies act The opposition conservatives accused Trudeau of engineering the protest crisis in Ottawa for political gain After three days police lines have cleared most of the protesters and all of their vehicles from the downtown authorities say nearly 200 people have been arrested in 76 vehicles toad Police have also moved against the last protesters at the Ottawa baseball stadium which organizers had used as a command center and supply camp but ours before tents were coming down in vehicles were seen leaving as protesters began pulling out Police say dozens of convoy supporters have been regrouping in three rural areas outside the city For NPR news I'm Dan Carpenter in Toronto This is NPR This is listener supported WNYC at 8 O four Good morning 34 now and Sonny but warming up to the mid 50s with sunshine today alternate side parking suspended for president's day but we must feed the parking meters weekend schedule for LIRR trains today and Saturday schedule for metro north Another New York City subway stabbing Sunday evening the 5th reported over the weekend the NYPD says it happened on the south down number 6 line near canal street around 6 o'clock Sunday evening a man cut on the arm on Saturday police reported four stabbings in the city's transit system the victims included a 20 year old woman in Brooklyn a homeless man in Queens and two men in upper Manhattan all four expected to survive the separate attacks came one day after a mere Adams and governor hulk announced a subway safety plan aimed at luring more New Yorkers back to the trains The MTA's new fare payment system Omni is now available at every subway station and on every bus but the agency is having a hard time selling its new Omni cards while a benefit of the system is that fares can be deducted from a smartphone wallet or a bank card with a chip many New Yorkers still prefer to pay cash and they need a physical Omni card to do that Sarah Meyer is the MTA's chief customer officer she says while hundreds of retail locations in the city are supposed to be selling the cards they're not doing it I went to a location and they said oh I think I have a box and it was indeed in the back room It's certainly frustrating That being said it's a new product and people don't really know what it.
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"New York Democrats have formally nominated governor Kathy hochul for June's gubernatorial primary the head of the International Olympic Committee addressed the women's figure skating controversy in his final press conference of the winter games and it's been one year today since NASA's perseverance rover landed on Mars It's Friday February 18th the news is next Life from NPR news in Washington I'm Louise Giovanni President Biden is forecasting that Russia will continue to boost its troop levels along its border with Ukraine And is telling reporters that chances of an invasion are quote very high Today the president will speak by phone with transatlantic leaders about continued efforts at deterrence and diplomacy Vice president Kamala Harris is in Munich Germany today to meet with allies and PR's Franco ordonez reports The vice president will meet today with NATO secretary general John Stoltenberg and sit down tomorrow with Ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky She'll also deliver a speech at the Munich security conference outlining the U.S. and allies opposition to Russian aggression The Biden administration is holding out hope for a diplomatic solution but officials say every indication points to Russia taking military action NPR's Franco ordonez police in Ottawa have made several arrests including two key trucker protest organizers and police are warning of imminent action to and the occupation of the city Dan Carpenter reports The people described as key leaders of the so called freedom convoy Tamara leech and Chris barber are now in custody Barbara was picked up during the day and leached Thursday evening Hundreds of protesters continue to ignore demands to leave downtown Ottawa There is a heavier than usual police presence and new fencing has been erected near the site of the protest Interim police chief Stephen bell says officers from Ontario and Quebec in the RCMP have reinforced his ranks and they are committed to ending the protest Meanwhile the Canadian civil liberties association is taking the federal government to court over the invoking of the emergencies act It says the legal requirements for its use have not been met For NPR news I'm Dan Carpenter in Toronto Texas officials have rejected thousands of mail in ballots at mail in ballot applications citing requirements in the state's new election law Andrew Schneider of Houston public media has more Harris county judge Lina hidalgo is asking the Justice Department to intervene because of what she called an alarmingly high number of vote by mail applications in ballots that have been flagged for rejection during this year's primary election due to hurdles set up by Texas new election law That includes more than a third of all mail in ballots the county had received as of Tuesday Hidalgo charged the law was designed to systematically suppress the vote in Harris county Early voting in Texas 2022 primary has been underway since Monday top of the ballot this year is the election for governor with governor Greg Abbott seeking a third term I'm Andrew Schneider in Houston World market stocks in Europe are in positive territory shares fell in most of Asia amid concerns over Russia Ukraine tensions Shanghai moved higher oil prices are lower after 2.1% S&P 500 loss yesterday U.S. futures are higher This is NPR This is double the NYC in New York at 6 O four good Friday.
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"We will break down the summer's biggest movies got a plan? We Shall I just stayed dug in this world. It's a video game Me what step down C P after the news Line from NPR News in Washington. I'm Louise Giovanni and the state of Texas. Late last night, Democratic legislators maneuvered their troops to stage a walkout. Stopping action on Republican legislation to restrict voting access. Chris Turner chairs the Texas House Democratic Caucus, he tells NPR the issue is profoundly partisan Democrats been fighting this this bill. This vote suppression bill all session long and all 67 members of AR caucus Completely in vehemently opposed T these Republican vote suppression. Bill's critics of the legislation argued it would disproportionately affect minorities and Texans with disabilities. The governor has announced Til order Lawmakers to hold a special session to move on. The bill. Today marks the centennial of one of the deadliest racist attacks in U. S history when in 1921 white mob stormed Tulsa's Greenwood neighborhood, killing as many as 300 black residents and destroying a 35 square block area. Civil rights leaders gathered there today, leading hundreds in an interfaith memorial outside the Vernon African Methodist Episcopal Church. Companies looking to vaccinate more of their workers against covert 19 can legally offer bonuses and other incentives. According to updated guidance. NPR's Andrea Hsu reports the e E O. C. Had been looking into whether offering employees incentives for getting vaccinated was a violation of federal anti discrimination laws. They considered whether such programs would pressure employees to disclose private medical information or exclude workers who can't or choose not to get the vaccine. And it's updated guidance, the E O. C. Said incentives are okay as long as they aren't so substantial as to be coercive. A number of companies have already been using bonuses to try to get their vaccination numbers up. Wal Mart, for example, is giving its workers $75 once they could prove they're fully vaccinated. Andrea Hsu NPR news This is NPR. Doctors and civil defense groups in Syria are outraged at a decision to make the Syrian government a member of the World Health Organization's executive board, NPR's Ruth Sherlock reports. This comes after the Syrian regime and its allies have repeatedly bombarded hospitals and detained medical staff in the Syrian civil war. Photos posted on social media show doctors and nurses from hospitals in opposition held northern Syria. Holding up placards that appeal to the World Health Organization to stop Syria from joining it's 34 member executive board. Many of these medical stuff work in some of the hospitals that have been damaged in air strikes by the Syrian government or its ally Russia. The U. S. Based Physicians for Human Rights Group says most of the 930 medical professionals who've died in the Syrian war were killed by the regime and its allies. The white helmets. Syrian civil defense, which operates in opposition held parts of Syria says that to a point Syria to the WH ERE executive board. Is to reward the Assad regime for destroying hospitals and killing doctors Reach Sherlock NPR news Beirut Wall Street was closed for Memorial Day recovery from a global pandemic will be topic A is finance ministers from the G Seven nations meet in London later this week. In focus is the notion of a minimum global corporate tax and the gradual withdrawal of high dollar stimulus programs that have been in place on Louise Give ONIY NPR news. Support comes from Providence from.
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"Learn more at SMC Daddy, do you Live from NPR News in Washington. I'm Louise Giovanni. President. Biden says the CDC will issue guidance this week on how to reopen schools as NPR's Barbara spot reports. The new guidelines come amid robust local debate bite and told CBS Evening News with Norah O'Donnell. The guidelines will be based on quote science based judgment. I think it's time for school through open safely safely. You have to have fewer people. The classroom. You have to have ventilation systems that had been reworked, he said. The CDC is guidance on reopening schools will come mid week and we'll lay out what the minimum requirements for schools will be. But it had previously pledged to get most students back to in person learning by the end of April. Some teachers organizations have argued that teachers must be vaccinated before in person. Learning resumes. Barbara Sprint NPR NEWS, the nation's third largest school district, may have set the stage for averting a strike. Chicago's mayor says a tentative agreement has been reached with the teachers union over covert 19 safety protocols. This would include more teacher vaccinations and phasing in the start of in person classes. Number three House Republican Liz Cheney of Wyoming, censured by her state's Republican Party, says the GOP needs to re acquaint the party faithful with the truth. NPR's Jon Snyder has more Congresswoman Cheney says she will not step down, saying she had a constitutional duty to vote to impeach former president Trump. And she blames her center by the State Party on pervasive conspiracy theories. People in the party are mistaken. They believe that BLM and Antifa were behind what happened here at the Capitol. That's just simply not the case. It's not true on we're gonna have Ah, lot of work we have to do. People have been lied to Cheney, Speaking on Fox News Sunday, the center is the latest pushback she's received following her vote to impeach after the violent attack at the Capitol last week. She survived into temporary Move her from her house GOP leadership position. Kyle Snyder. NPR NEWS Israel is easing its coronavirus lockdown. But as NPR's Daniel Estrin reports, infections are still high. Israel's third lockdown began in late December. Now Israel has lifted the ban on traveling more than 1000 yards from one's home. Restaurants reopened for take out orders, Nature reserves and bed and breakfasts reopened. Schools are still closed and travel in and out of Israel continues to be severely restricted for several more weeks. Most Israelis above 60 years old are now fully vaccinated, and there's been a 50% drop in infections in that age category. The rest of the population is seeing a 25% spike in serious infections. Israel started vaccinating citizens, 16 and older last week, but there's been slow Turnout. Ah, health official overseeing Vaccines claims Some younger Israelis quote aren't scared enough of the Corona virus. Daniel Estrin. NPR NEWS Jerusalem This is NPR news in Washington. Support for NPR comes from the Kauffman Foundation, working together with communities to break down barriers and prepare all people for success in their jobs and careers. Employees or entrepreneurs. Maura Online.
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"Use Line from NPR News in Washington. I'm Louise Giovanni President. Trump and Congressional Democrats have one thing in common. They will end the year without Senate action on a proposal to raise covered related stimulus checks to $2000. It's been blocked by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. Senator Bernie Sanders said that many Americans in McConnell's home state of Kentucky might not agree with him that there's been enough age. I'm sure Senator McConnell is aware of that throughout his state. You got thousands and tens of thousands of people living in economic desperation, McConnell says. Congress has already spent enough our duty both to struggling Americans and the taxpayers. Is to focus on targeted relief that will have the maximum impact. And help the people who need it. The most That's what the experts say We should do. That's Where there is broad bipartisan support. That's exactly what we did less than one week ago when nearly $900 billion and more targeted relief was signed into the wall. Or are people Republican David Perdue of Georgia who's engaged in a tough runoff election to go back to the U. S. Senate has gone into quarantine after close exposure to someone infected with covert 19 from member station W. A. B in Atlanta, Lily Oppenheimer reports. The Purdue campaign says the senator and his wife both tested negative for the virus Thursday. Even so, per do his wife and his campaign team say they'll follow CDC guidelines. The senator who faces Democratic challenger John Ausaf in Tuesday's election runoff plan to attend a rally with President Trump this weekend in Georgia. Trump will be there in an effort to boost Republican turnout for what is expected to be a very tight contest. The outcome of two U. S Senate run offs and Georgia will determine which party controls the Senate in the next Congress. For.